GRE Word List

ENGULF

to flow over and enclose : overwhelm

The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.

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empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
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uproariousmarked by uproar
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
miscreantunbelieving
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